A Mountain Stream, Tyrol
Artist: John Singer Sargent
Year Composed: 1914
Artistic Movement: Realism
Nationality: United States
Floor Found in Château: Unknown Location
Year Composed: 1914
Artistic Movement: Realism
Nationality: United States
Floor Found in Château: Unknown Location
About the Artwork
Covered in mountains, valleys, and rivers, the region of Tyrol resides within the Alps Mountains, spanning both Italy and Austria. Including some modern cities like Innsbruck and Trento, Tyrol is mostly known for its picturesque views and landscapes. Painted in 1914, John Singer Sargent composed A Mountain Stream, Tyrol, visually depicting the beauty and natural flow of the landscape of the region. Sargent captures the rushing water with the white strokes as the water flows over the rocky terrain. He also showcases the glass-like sensation of the water in the upper portion of the painting with the representation of rocks under the flowing surface of the water, especially with the brushstrokes as they visually harness the flow of the stream.
About the Artist
American painter John Singer Sargent composed around 3,000 works of art throughout his career, the majority being watercolor paintings. Although realistic in nature, some of Sargent's portrait and landscape paintings have hints of Impressionism due to the brushstrokes and texture of his paintings. Sargent was able to achieve technical mastery and precision in his portraiture as well as within his landscapes, including paintings such as his Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (1885) and his Portrait of Madame X (1884).
About the Movement
A Mountain Stream, Tyrol was composed in the Realism Age of art. The Age of Realism began in France during the middle of the 19th Century (or the 1800s) and made its way across the world. Realism sought to depict scenes of everyday life, whether that would be people, nature, or cityscapes. Photorealism was an offshoot of the Age of Realism, as artists created paintings that had photographic qualities. The goal of Realism was to draw viewers into their art, giving the extreme believability that the viewer was placed within the artwork as it came to life. Some of the most famous Realism artists included Gustave Courbet, Edward Hopper, and John Constable.
Location of Original Work of Art: In a Private Collection
Covered in mountains, valleys, and rivers, the region of Tyrol resides within the Alps Mountains, spanning both Italy and Austria. Including some modern cities like Innsbruck and Trento, Tyrol is mostly known for its picturesque views and landscapes. Painted in 1914, John Singer Sargent composed A Mountain Stream, Tyrol, visually depicting the beauty and natural flow of the landscape of the region. Sargent captures the rushing water with the white strokes as the water flows over the rocky terrain. He also showcases the glass-like sensation of the water in the upper portion of the painting with the representation of rocks under the flowing surface of the water, especially with the brushstrokes as they visually harness the flow of the stream.
About the Artist
American painter John Singer Sargent composed around 3,000 works of art throughout his career, the majority being watercolor paintings. Although realistic in nature, some of Sargent's portrait and landscape paintings have hints of Impressionism due to the brushstrokes and texture of his paintings. Sargent was able to achieve technical mastery and precision in his portraiture as well as within his landscapes, including paintings such as his Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (1885) and his Portrait of Madame X (1884).
About the Movement
A Mountain Stream, Tyrol was composed in the Realism Age of art. The Age of Realism began in France during the middle of the 19th Century (or the 1800s) and made its way across the world. Realism sought to depict scenes of everyday life, whether that would be people, nature, or cityscapes. Photorealism was an offshoot of the Age of Realism, as artists created paintings that had photographic qualities. The goal of Realism was to draw viewers into their art, giving the extreme believability that the viewer was placed within the artwork as it came to life. Some of the most famous Realism artists included Gustave Courbet, Edward Hopper, and John Constable.
Location of Original Work of Art: In a Private Collection